I henceforth call forth here forth the first meeting of the KJ snob/elitist club.

This first meeting of the Only Club That Matters* will be built around establishing a list of members and a set of guidelines. My goal for this club is to eventually overtake the entity that is known as World of KJ, and send it into a downward (upward?) spiral of Andrei Tarkvosky marathons and lots of clove cigarettes.

Myself and my co-chairman (who wants to be my co-chairman?) will select the members based on a strict set of criteria. That criteria will be set forth by myself (and my as yet unnamed, wholly imaginary co-chairman), and it will arbitrarily change on a whim, based entirely on how much I've had to drink and whether I'm currently in a "You know, the French new-wave might not be so bad" mood.

I will begin this inaugural meeting of the Only Club That Matters* by asking any prospective applicants to submit the following: your current top ten list for the calendar year 2008, your top five favorite directors, and five of your favorite movies of all time. I'm also asking that, upon acceptance into the Only Club That Matters*, you change your avatar/signature to something involving a ridiculously pretentious and/or difficult film, preferably something made by Hiroshi Teshigahara.

Note: an impressive (and easily verifiable) list of Criterion Collection DVDs currently in your possession will grant an automatic entry into the Only Club That Matters*.

*TM pending

List of Members:
Makeshift (Chairman)
trixster (Co-Chairman)
Argos
loyalfromlondon (Secretary of State)
Jon
Gulli
snack
yoshue
JURiNG
kypade (The Duke)
Price
junio
GuybrushX McMurphy
Joseba B-Loki

The Pit of Rejected Applicants
The Dark Shape
Leader of the Pack
BJ
Munkyfromlondon
Libs
DIB2
Corpse
Skyblade
thompsoncory
matatonio
be.redy
Floydboy
Omni

The Hall of Shame
Shack

problem is that a lot of the posters who belong in this club consider themselves above, among many other things, joining clubs.

I raise your request for a pretentious film director sir and present the new wave... I call it arty paintings of asian women.

In salute of this thread I present David Lynch: Panties in my mouth - The remix

several clicks later, this led to me watching the musical number from A Goofy Movie. I don't think I can be part of this club.

So i'm confused... From my understanding of other people's understandings of my taste in movies i have terrible taste in film. Does that make me the perfect candidate or most imperfect candidate for this club?

imperfectest

I hereby submit my application for co-chairman. I believe my references speak for themself.

The Ten Films Of 2008 I Have Seen:
01. The Dark Knight
02. WALL·E
03. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
04. Chi bi
05. Rambo
06. Iron Man
07. The Incredible Hulk
08. Max Payne
09. Mirrors
10. Death Race

Top Five Directors:
01. Stanley Kubrick
02. David Lean
03. Luis Buñuel
04. Francois Truffaut
05. Jacques Tati

Five Of My Favorite Films (Of All Time):
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- Lawrence of Arabia
- El ángel exterminador
- Les quatre cents coups
- Play Time

I can't top the lists.
Did you like Amalie?

Top 10 Films Of 2008
1. Surfwise
2. Man On Wire
3. WALL-E
4. The Dark Knight
5. Milk
6. Encounters At The End Of The World
7. Vicky Christina Barcelona
8. Young@Heart
9. Bigger Stronger Faster
10. The Visitor

Top 4 Directors of All Time
1. Stanley Kubrick
2. Quentin Tarantino
3. Steven Spielberg
4. PTA

Top 5 Films of All Time
1. A Clockwork Orange
2. The Crying Game
3. Awakenings
4. Boogie Nights
5. Pulp Fiction

My love of utterly bonkers 80s action disqualifies me

Amélie?

You can join my club of 'people who love to be entertained no matter which genre' or my other club of 'people who say when shit is shit, no matter if defecated by Kubrick, Almodovar or Ed Wood thus avoiding prejudice or preconceived ideas'.

neither of which are as fun to say as snob and elitist :O

I loved Speed Racer.

I'm in

Top 10 of 2008
01. The Dark Knight (C. Nolan)
02. Rachel Getting Married (J. Demme)
03. In Bruges (M. McDonagh)
04. Encounters at the End of the World (W. Herzog)
05. Up the Yangtze (Y. Chang)
06. Tropic Thunder (B. Stiller)
07. The Visitor (T. McCarthy)
08. Cloverfield (M. Reeves)
09. The Happening (M. N. Shyamalan)
10. Funny Games (M. Haneke)

Top 5 Directors (Eh, fuckit)
1. Charlie Chaplin
2. Stanley Kubrick
3. Steven Spielberg
4. The Coen Bros.
5. F. W. Murnau

Top 5 of All Time
1. Ed Wood (T. Burton, 1994)
2. City Lights (C. Chaplin, 1931)
3. Before Sunset (R. Linklater, 2004)
4. The Passion of Joan of Arc (C. T. Dreyer, 1928)
5. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (S. Kubrick, 1964)

your top 10 is looking rough Jon. Eckkkkkkkkkkkk

ps - dont really apply : (

Noooo......

Though I should note that I find WALL-E to be highly overrated.

your choice in documentaries should earn you a bit of goodwill Jon and wash out some of the stank.

I'm watching Man on Wire tonight too!

there is some hope for your top 10 yet!

This is going swimmingly. I'll review the already submitted applications and begin to comprise a list of members on the first post.

trixster is here forth henceforth named forth the co-chairman of The Only Club That Matters*, so I will be asking him to review the applications as well.

Just to give you an idea of a couple of things I'm looking at doing with this:

A 2008 movie awards show, presented and awarded by us
A 2008 top ten, complied by the members

And other stuff that will be fucking awesome and junk.

*TM Pending

In reviewing your application, a couple of things immediately jump out at me:

Your top ten is hilariously awful. Either it's a joke or they actually are the only movies you've seen this year. If it's the latter, this is a double-edged sword. On one hand, I would encourage members of this club to seek out as many films in a given Calendar year as is financially and theoretically possible. On the other hand, it might showcase one of the all-time great snob/elitist traits, and that is a total lack of desire to see the majority of films released to a significant amount of theaters. If it's a joke, your biting sarcasm and clear disdain for humanity will be taken into consideration, and is not necessarily a negative.

Your top-fives are of the utmost quality and respectability. I'm tempted to award you membership based exclusively on these, but I will allow my co-chairman to chime in with his review of your application before proceeding any further.

You will hopefully hear back from us within 24 hours regarding a final decision. Thank you for your time.

Might as well be judged!

Top 10 of the Year
1. In Bruges
2. Let The Right One In
3. À l'intérieur
4. Man On Wire
5. Hunger
6. The Ruins
7. Zack and Miri Make a Porno
8. The Dark Knight
9. Frost/Nixon
10. Babylon AD

Top 5 Directors
1. Sergio Leone
2. Sam Peckinpah
3. Krzysztof Kieślowski
4. Clint Eastwood
5. Terry Gilliam

Top 5 Films
1. The Thing
2. City of God
3. Vanishing Point
4. Aliens
5. Predator